Apparatus for forming and attaching fastenings to horse-collars



(No Model.)

J. F. GLIDDEN. APPARATUS FOR FORMING AND ATTAOHING FASTENINGS T0 HORSE GOLLARS.

.No. 450,723. Patented Apr. 21,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

APPARATUS FOR FORMING AND ATTACHING FASTENINGS TO HORSE-COLLARS.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,723, dated April 21, 1891.

Application filed January 13,1891. $erial No. 377,670. (No model.)

To (X/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at De Kalb, in the county of DeKalb and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Forming and Attaching Fasteners to Horse-Collars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

'My invention relates to a certain new and improved process for forming and attaching fastenings to horse-collars, and to certain new and useful means for carrying out such process.

The nature of the process and apparatus will be fully understood from the following description and claims,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form part hereof, and in which-- Figures 1 and 2 are side and front elevations, respectively, of a press, showing the collar in position, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 views showing the different steps in the process.

I-Ieretofore fastenings for horse-collars have consisted, so far as it is necessary to describe in connection with this invention, of castiron sleeves cast to the form of the collar and securely fastened to the ends thereof, the collar being divided to receive them, such sleeves sliding over each other and held together by friction or some independent fastening device. The difficulty arising from the use of such cast sleeves is that different-sized sleeves have to be manufactured for different-sized collars, and, further, it has been found that close joints could not be obtained. The purpose of this invention is to obviate these difficulties, this being accomplished by the use of sleeves formed of wrought metal, which sleeves are placed on the collars in the form of tubes and pressed to the form of the collar after being so placed.

In the drawings, A A represent the two parts of the collar, and B B the metal sleeves secured to the ends thereof, one sleeve being secured to each end, and the two being of such sizes with respect to each other that one will slide over the other, the friction between the two holding them together. Each sleeve B consists of a strip of metal first bent to the tube-like form shown in Fig. 3, then pressed by any suitable means to an oval form and slipped upon the end of the collar, as shown in Fig. a. After the sleeve is slipped upon the collar it is subjected to the action of a press, to be described, by means of which it is forced to assume the form of the collar to which it is to be secured, a close joint between the sleeve and collar being thus formed.

0 represents the base of the press employed D, an upright mounted thereon, and E a bent arm which at one end rests upon the base, and which is also supported upon the upper end of the upright D, a suitable band F holding it securely to its seat on such upright. The horizontal portion of arm E is provided with a screw-threaded bore E, through which a screw-threaded shaft G is passed, such shaft being provided on its upper end with a hand-wheel H. The lower end of shaft G is enlarged, as shown at a in Fig. 1, the head thus formed resting against the under side of a disk I, which is slipped upon the shaft, and to which is secured by suitable bolts a disk J, the latter disk being formed on its under side with a die K of the form shown.

On its upper face, at a point on the same vertical plane as the shaft, base 0 is cut away to form a groove to receive a removable block L, concave on its upper face and held in place by a key M, the concavity in its upper face being formed to receive the collar. A number of these blocks may be furnished with each press, they being of difierent sizes to accommodate differentsized collars.

The manner of using the device is as follows: The collar having been provided with an oval-shaped tube or ring is placed in the block and the hand-wheel turned, thus revolving the shaft which is fed toward the collar. In this manner the die mounted on the lower end of the shaft is brought in contact with the tube, and upon the further revolution of the shaft will press the tube to the form of the collar.

It will be understood that I do not wish to means for operating the shaft and die, substantially as specified. 10

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN.

I Vitnesses:

S. A. TYLER, I SQUIRE TAYLER. 

